Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. finely carved game token There is some unevenness to

There is some unevenness to the surface coloration

it would certainly make a fantastic picnic basket

and how much fun I think it would have been to visit Parker & Wood's Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store (with celebrated ice tools

I believe the stone is rose quartz

The underside of the drawers on this one are indeed orange

Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. finely carved game token There is some unevenness toIve been admiring Pueblo drums like this for a long time, finding the colors and patterns as well as the construction completely gorgeous, so was pretty excited to find this one the other day. Though I found it in Maine, I am pretty certain it is Cochiti, from the Taos area of New Mexico, and believe it dates to to the earlyish 20th century. The body is wood (likely cottonwood I think), and the drum heads are stretched rawhide, pulled taut by sinew,